The problem asks us to find how many ways we can select 6 books from a library, where there are 10 fiction books and 8 non-fiction books, with the restriction that at least 3 of the selected books must be fiction.

To solve this, we will count the valid combinations based on different possible distributions of fiction and non-fiction books, ensuring that the number of fiction books is at least 3.

Step 1: Define the number of fiction books.

We can have 3, 4, or 5 fiction books in our selection since we need at least 3 fiction books, and the total selection is 6 books.

Case 1: Selecting 3 fiction books

If we select 3 fiction books, we need to select 3 non-fiction books. The number of ways to do this is:

$\text{Ways to select 3 fiction books} = \binom{10}{3}$ $\text{Ways to select 3 non-fiction books} = \binom{8}{3}$

Thus, the total for this case is: $\binom{10}{3} \times \binom{8}{3}$

Case 2: Selecting 4 fiction books

If we select 4 fiction books, we need to select 2 non-fiction books. The number of ways to do this is:

$\text{Ways to select 4 fiction books} = \binom{10}{4}$ $\text{Ways to select 2 non-fiction books} = \binom{8}{2}$

Thus, the total for this case is: $\binom{10}{4} \times \binom{8}{2}$

Case 3: Selecting 5 fiction books

If we select 5 fiction books, we need to select 1 non-fiction book. The number of ways to do this is:

$\text{Ways to select 5 fiction books} = \binom{10}{5}$ $\text{Ways to select 1 non-fiction book} = \binom{8}{1}$

Thus, the total for this case is: $\binom{10}{5} \times \binom{8}{1}$

Step 2: Add all the cases together.

The total number of ways to select the books is the sum of the cases:

$\text{Total} = \binom{10}{3} \times \binom{8}{3} + \binom{10}{4} \times \binom{8}{2} + \binom{10}{5} \times \binom{8}{1}$

Now, let's compute the values for the combinations and sum them up.

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